Bar Stools Demand Heatmap: UK Postcode-Level Data

No public dataset records furniture demand by UK postcode, and a new analysis from Furniture in Fashion says so directly rather than producing a heatmap the evidence cannot support. The report argues that any postcode level bar stool map in circulation is not built on measurement, since no official body publishes furniture purchasing at that geography and no survey samples it. It reframes the question around the housing conditions that create the need, noting that bar stools exist only where a counter, island or peninsula has become a seating position, and that the English Housing Survey's records of dwelling type and age are the closest legitimate indicator of where those layouts occur. The analysis then sets out the dimensional relationships that actually govern purchases, including the 25 to 30cm seat to counter gap, minimum overhangs and 60 to 70cm of counter width per stool....